Atherosclerosis and wall shear
Caro, C.G., Fitz-Gerald, J.M. and Schroter, R.C. (1969). Arterial wall shear and distribution of early atheroma in man. Nature 223, II59-II61.
Paper 1
Non-planar geometry in arteries
Caro, C.G., Doorly, D.J., Tarnawski, M., Scott, K.T., Long, Q. and Dumoulin, C.L. (1996). Non-planar curvature and branching of arteries and non-planar-type flow. Proc. Roy. Soc. A. 452, 185-197.
Paper 2
Helical-centreline arterial stents
Caro, CG., Seneviratne, A., Monaco, C., Gilson, P., Burke, M., Heraty, K., Krams, R., Coppola, G and Chang, C. (2013). Intimal hyperplasia following implantation of helical-centreline and straight-centreline stents in common carotid arteries in healthy pigs: influence of intraluminal flow, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Vol:10, ISSN:1742-5689 Author Web Link
Shinke, T., et al (2008). Novel helical stent design elicits swirling blood flow pattern and inhibits neointima formation in porcine carotid arteries. Circulation 118:S_1054.
Paper 3
Flow and mass transport in non-planar geometries
Coppola, G. and Caro, C.G. (2009). Arterial geometry, flow pattern, wall shear and mass transport: potential physiological significance. J. R. Soc. Interface, 6, 519-528
Arterial geometry
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Professor Colin Caro
Department of Bioengineering
Royal School of Mines Building
Imperial College London
London, SW7 2AZ
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Email: c.caro@imperial.ac.uk
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